MEMBER OF PRESIDENCY BIH KOMŠIĆ ATTENDED CELEBRATION OF 32ND ANNIVERSARY OF FORMATION OF FIRST POLICE BRIGADE STARI GRAD

SARAJEVO, MAY 18 (ONASA) – Member of the BiH Presidency Željko Komšić visited the gathering on the occasion of marking the 32nd anniversary of the formation of the First Brigade of the Stari Grad Sarajevo Police. In his address to journalists, Komšić also spoke about the resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica and political moves from Belgrade.
“Regardless of what is happening in the country and in the region, and I must say in Europe, it is important that the people who came to the defense of this city and Bosnia and Herzegovina show that they are still there. That they are proud of what they did. So it’s important for people to come together. It is important that messages are conveyed, that we simply, no matter how old we are now as people who participated in the defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, do not give up what we thought then, that we do not give up our parts” Komšić said.
Regarding the political pressure from Serbia and the propaganda coming from that country regarding the resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica, Komšić said that we should remember who is now with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Now the friends of BiH are showing themselves, that should be remembered. It should be remembered for the future. Simply, we know who a person can rely on, not because it’s us, it’s about universal things, it’s about genocide committed against people at the expense of the fact that there were Muslims, Bosniaks, in our country. There are genocides, unfortunately, to this day all over the world. The difference between these genocides is that the genocide in Srebrenica was confirmed by the verdict of international courts. What more is needed to prove to anyone in the world that this is right. That we have the right attitude, that we have the need to say stop denying that genocide anymore. As for the politics coming from Belgrade, I expected them to be wiser and to be smart. If I were in their place, I would be a co-sponsor of such a resolution. This resolution is not directed against any nation, it is not against any country. It does not speak of any collective guilt. He talks about what happened, unfortunately, in our country. 1995, talks about the need to preserve the memory of all moments, especially the victims, in the future. If I were in the position of the people who make decisions in Belgrade, I would even be a co-sponsor of this resolution” said Komšić. (end)